PALESTINE – Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip today, Saturday, have left at least 90 Palestinians dead and dozen others injured as Israel steps up its attacks across the strip.

36 aid seekers were shot by Israeli forces while waiting for assistance in the southern city of Rafah, according to medical sources.

Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that more than 70 people were injured when the Israeli army targeted Palestinians gathered near an aid distribution center affiliated with an American-Israeli company, who were seeking food as humanitarian conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate.

The Israeli army fired a volley of live ammunition at the crowd, resulting in a high number of casualties, the agency said.

Nearly 900 Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks while attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid at sites mostly associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an American organization backed by Israel, according to UN figures. The GHF started operating in Gaza in late May, bypassing the UN and other established NGOs.

In another attack in the southern city of Khan Younis, Israeli airstrikes hit tents sheltering displaced families, killing two people.

Separately, 12 Palestinians were killed and others injured when an Israeli drone targeted a residential apartment in the southern part of the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Three more Palestinians were killed and others wounded when Israeli forces shelled two civilian gatherings in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City.

Five Palestinians were also killed in two Israeli airstrikes on central and northern Gaza City.

In northern Gaza, Israeli airstrikes targeted tents near a UN school in eastern Gaza City, killing seven Palestinians and injuring 17.

A number of civilians were also wounded when Israeli forces bombed a residential apartment near Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

5 Palestinians were killed in a strike that targeted a civilian gathering in Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.

Three more people were killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced families in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.